Persis: daughter of Perses, or something older One of Hekate’s most consistent epithets across the ancient sources is ...

An Algerian chemistry student interested in roman culture I hope to be able to explore Mithras culture in my country because of the vast and important rule of this religion in my city tiddis.

Wiesbaden is the capital of the German state of Hesse, and the second-largest Hessian city after Frankfurt am Main. Small votive altar in white limestone from Aquae Mattiacae, dedicated to Deo Invicto ...

Sandstone base carved on two sides, with a head of Medusa framed by acanthus leaves and a reclining lion holding a head between its forelegs. Base or block in sandstone (H. 0.47 Br. 0.56 D. 0.44). The ...

Mithras tauroktonus in a grotto. Both torchbearers, not cross-legged and with their torches downwards. The serpent underneath the bull; the scorpion and the dog do not touch the bull. Before the bull ...

Fragment of an alabaster relief from Cologne with part of a tauroctony scene. Only the tip of Mithras’ Phrygian cap and small narrative details above are preserved. Fragment of a relief in alabaster ...

Altar in limestone (H. 0.25). Bonn, Rheinisches Landesmuseum. L.H. 0.028–0.018. Deo / invict(o) / regi pr/o bono / comun(i). regi: cf. inscriptions with imperatori in the index. This inscription was ...

As a citizen of Poland who has studied the mysteries of Mithras for several years, and as part of a much longer, decades-long immersion in ancient Mediterranean mystery traditions together with ...

Regensburg is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the rivers Danube, Naab and Regen, Danube's northernmost point. The Mithraeum of Regensburg represents the earliest of the nine Mithraic ...

Mithraeum discovered in 1887–1888, located about 85 m north of the castellum at Ober-Florstadt, built on a hillside with a central aisle, benches, and an altar podium.

Base in sandstone (H. 0.435 Br. 0.18 D. 0.082) in three fragments. Standing Cautes in Oriental dress and cross-legged on the front. He lifts a long burning torch in both hands. On the right side there ...

Statue in sandstone (H. 0.60 Br. 0.44). Inv. No. I, 196. Naked Mithras, visible from the knees upwards, being born from the rock. The head and the arms are lost. Beside his right thigh there is the ...